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Tinubu Yet To Order Investigation Into Matawalle’s Alleged Sponsorship Of Bandits

It’s been over a week since the incumbent governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, alleged that his predecessor and current Minister of State...

Kenya's Boniface Mwangi Announces March Leading To Ruto's Office To Demand Justice For Murdered and Disappeared Protesters
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Boniface Mwangi Leads Protest Demanding Justice for Abducted and Killed Gen-Z Protesters in Kenya

Activist Boniface Mwangi leading the Finance Bill 2024 protest in Nairobi CBD on June 18 | PHOTO/Boniface Mwangi Boniface Mwangi, a Kenyan photojournalist...

Tanzania Police Arrest Opposition Leaders During Protest
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Tanzanian Police Arrest Opposition Leaders, 12 Others in Protest Crackdown

Tanzanian police have arrested two top leaders of the Chadema party, the main opposition group in the country. 12 other members were also...

Missing Kenyan Anti-Finance Bill Protesters Found After Police Chief Grants Court's Summon
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Missing Kenyan Anti-Finance Bill Protesters Found After Police Chief Honours Court Summons

3 Kenyans who were abducted in August for partaking in the anti-finance Bill protests have been found as the police chief, Gilbert Masengeli,...

Meta Suspends African Stream's Backup Account on Instagram
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Meta Suspends African Stream’s Backup Account on Instagram

Social media company Meta has suspended African Stream’s backup account on Instagram three days after permanently banning its official account across Facebook and...

AFRICMIL, Others Advocates for Whistleblowers' Protection in Nigeria
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AFRICMIL, Others Advocate For Whistleblowers’ Protection in Nigeria

The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has called for the protection of informants to maintain a functional whistleblowing system in...

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DSS is Planning to Arrest Investigative Journalist Fisayo Soyombo- FIJ Says

The Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) has reported that its founder and editor-in-chief, Fisayo Soyombo, may be facing imminent Department of State Services...

Activists VAPP Act Repeal
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Activists Warn Of Dire Consequences As FG Moves To Repeal The Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act

Activists have raised concerns about the potential repeal of Nigeria’s Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act, fearing it could undo years of progress...

Lagos Boarding School Fee Increment is Illegal - Human Rights Lawyer Falana
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Lagos Boarding School Fee Increment is Illegal – Human Rights Lawyer Falana

Human Rights Lawyer Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria, has condemned the recent increase in boarding school fees made by the Lagos...

No Monetary Value From Gold Is Worth Our Lives, says Ghana's TUC Vice
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No Monetary Value From Gold Is Worth Our Lives, Says Ghana’s TUC Vice

Vice Chairman of Ghana’s Trade Union Congress (TUC), Ken Tweneboah Kodua, have expressed disappointment in the government’s failure to impose a ban on...

AdvoKC Foundation Urges Kaduna Governor Uba Sani to Increase Women Empowerment Fund As Promised
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AdvoKC Foundation Urges Kaduna Governor Uba Sani to Increase Women’s Empowerment Fund As Promised

AdvoKC Foundation, on Thursday, called on Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani to increase the Kaduna State Women Empowerment Fund (KADSWEF), a pledge the...

African Candidates of the Secretary-General of Commonwealth Calls for Reparations Over Slavery and Colonialism
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Commonwealth Secretary-General Candidates Call for Reparations for Colonialism and Slavery

Three candidates for the Secretary-General position of the Commonwealth have called for financial reparations and “reparative justice” for former British colonies, but now...